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Vietnam demands Chinese ship leaves its exclusive economic zone

17 Aug, 2019 17 views

HANOI – Vietnam has demanded that China remove an oil survey vessel and its escorts from the Southeast Asian country’s exclusive economic zone, amid a month-long standoff in waters seen as a potential global …

US Afghanistan troops withdrawal plan is raw and needs to be further drafted

17 Aug, 2019 10 views

By Pamela Constable Draft of Afghan peace plan leaves key issues unmentioned or postponed The proposed Afghan peace deal presented Friday to President Trump by the administration’s top peace negotiator would accomplish the president’s …

Talks with Taliban advance, say experts. Is US withdrawing from Afghanistan now?

17 Aug, 2019 23 views

Trump and senior aides discuss withdrawal from Afghanistan as talks with Taliban advance By Karen DeYoung, Missy Ryan, Anne Geran and Philip Rucker August 16 U.S. negotiators have made significant advances in recent talks …

New opening in US-China trade war: Trump administration plans $8 billion fighter jet sale to Taiwan

17 Aug, 2019 8 views

Seven F-16 fighter jets taxi on a runway at Taiwan’s Hualien air base. The United States has not sold new fighter jets to Taiwan since 1992. (Richard Chung/Reuters) Ellen Nakashima and Anne Gearan August …

Inia isolates Kashmir by shutting down

6 Aug, 2019 8 views

India isolates Kashmir by shutting down comms as big change announc – India’s imposition of an unprecedented communications blackout on Jammu and Kashmir hours before stripping its only Muslim-majority state of special rights in …

New Geopolitical Host Spot in East Timor. It wants to tap oil and gas near Australia, so why is it courting China?

3 Aug, 2019 67 views

The young Southeast Asian nation is almost entirely dependent on oil and gas revenue as well as aid from richer neighbours But international energy firms have left the country in the lurch by pulling …

Ethiopia’s 6000 MGW and 60 bn tons HPS: Water crisis in North Africa dampens future

3 Aug, 2019 50 views

Death on the Nile Haunts Ethiopia’s Rebirth By Marc Champion and Nizar Manek August 1, 2019 The day Simegnew Bekele was found dying at the wheel of his Toyota Land Cruiser in central Addis Ababa—doors locked, engine …

6 Bombs hit Bangkok during major security meeting

3 Aug, 2019 8 views

Panu Wongcha-um, Panarat Thegumpanat Six small bomb blasts wounded at least four people in Bangkok on Friday, as the Thai capital hosted a Southeast Asian security meeting with top diplomats from the United …

Are Iskanders to blame? NATO says Russia to blame for collapse of INF weapons treaty

3 Aug, 2019 7 views

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Friday declared that “Russia bears sole responsibility for the demise” of the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the U.S. and Russia as President Trump’s decision to formally withdraw from the agreement …

China Urges US Back Down After Trump’s $300 Billion Tariff Threat, Wants Trade Talks but if US Wants Fight It Will Fight

3 Aug, 2019 8 views

China is ready to talk to the United States about their escalating trade war but “if they want to fight we will fight” and it will not be a fight for China alone but …

Monthly Archive: August 2019

Vietnam demands Chinese ship leaves its exclusive economic zone

US Afghanistan troops withdrawal plan is raw and needs to be further drafted

Talks with Taliban advance, say experts. Is US withdrawing from Afghanistan now?

New opening in US-China trade war: Trump administration plans $8 billion fighter jet sale to Taiwan

New Geopolitical Host Spot in East Timor. It wants to tap oil and gas near Australia, so why is it courting China?

Ethiopia’s 6000 MGW and 60 bn tons HPS: Water crisis in North Africa dampens future

6 Bombs hit Bangkok during major security meeting

Are Iskanders to blame? NATO says Russia to blame for collapse of INF weapons treaty

China Urges US Back Down After Trump’s $300 Billion Tariff Threat, Wants Trade Talks but if US Wants Fight It Will Fight

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